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by hombre_fatal 992 days ago
Probably because the egg industry funds 60% of egg-cholesterol studies and they downplay the negative impact of eggs.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/155982761989219...

> However, 49% of industry-funded intervention studies reported conclusions that were discordant with study results (ie, net cholesterol increases were described as favorable in the articles’ stated conclusions), compared with 13% of non–industry-funded studies.

I can definitely believe that the average American should probably keep eating eggs since they are better than the average American's egg replacement (more refined grains, sugar). But that doesn't mean eggs are part of a diet that minimizes CVD risk, for example. I think we often confuse the two facts.